My dreams they never fail me,
they never miss the mark
I'm sleeping at the strangest hours,
trying to beat the clock
If a picture's worth a thousand words,
a photograph proves that
How can you even picture love
if you can't afford to lie?
It's changing like a roll of dice
and nothing's really sure
Pain is spreading like disease an
d there ain't no easy cure
Below the blackened skyline,
behind the smoking rain
Dreams never burned to
ashes up until
Until everything changed
Until everything changed
Well, I used to be an optimist,
used to play the lottery
Now I don't even bother to lock
the front door when I leave
My bed's a worn -out boxing ring,
my life's a run -down gym
Went once with
Charles
Bukowski, he's now
Emily
Dickinson
My future has moved out of town,
it's that emptiness you hear
The silent empty tower shouts,
the coast was never clear
But I look out on the highway,
things are getting strange
Didn't it all seem so familiar
before?
Before everything changed
Before everything changed
Sittin' in this sad cafe
Starin' in your eyes
Lookin' good but changed to mean
Lookin' old and wise
Sidelined by the future
leaves only us to blame
The future for wins and soon forgets
The fu ture don't explain
Don't need illumination
Don't need no poison pens
Words can live their own life
They know exactly what they mean
But I miss you more than I did before
Nothing feels the same
Didn't we all feel vain and selfish
short for rapid war?
Before everything changed
Before everything changed
Stuck and clouded over,
the rivers are rising fast
My baby's love was sad and true,
I knew it wouldn't last
I heard a midnight special
pass by an hour ago
Is there something here to get me high,
a man who sung so low
The clock ain't turning backwards,
the sands blow at my feet
If you ever hear from the man upstairs,
I'd love to hear him speak
Well, I'm cashing all my checks in,
too dumb to play the game
I used to plan an hour ahead, up until...
Until everything changed
Until everything changed
Until everything's changed
Until everything's changed
You